TTMI SARL v STATOIL ASA (THE “SIBOHELLE”)

[2011] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 220

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Beatson

Arbitration — Jurisdiction — Claimant commencing arbitration against defendant charterers — Defendant disputing existence of contract with claimant — Defendant relying on fixture recap which erroneously specified a different party as owners — Whether fixture recap constituted binding charterparty between claimant and defendant — Whether charterparty created by performance — Whether arbitration agreement sufficiently evidenced in writing — Arbitration Act 1996, sections 5(3) and 67.